Mons
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City in the County of Hainaut, part of the Spanish Netherlands. Suffered a severe plague; the people were delivered when the relics of St. Macarius, once Archbishop of Antioch in Armenia, were brought to the city. The people erected a silver reliquary in thanksgiving.
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— The people of Mons afflicted by plague and delivered by relics
"The people of Hainaut and Mons experienced this very thing this year. For when they were afflicted with a most grievous plague"
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Silver reliquary erected in thanksgiving
"All the people of Mons acknowledge this and celebrate it publicly, and in thanksgiving they erected a silver reliquary for Saint Macarius"
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— The Mons region rejoices at Van der Burch's appointment
"the Mons region rejoices, Valenciennes exults, Cambrai cries aloud with joy"